Dennis, Massachusetts

About Dennis

Dennis is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Massachusetts.

Dennis holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.91 square miles.

📰 Dennis News Today

• Man dies while scuba diving off Cape Cod WCVB · Aug 13
• Scuba diver dies, another rescued in US North-east Divernet · Aug 14
• East Dennis, MA Severe Weather Alert Weather Underground · Aug 15
• Missing diver found dead after massive search off Cape Cod Boston 25 News · Aug 13
• Missing diver dies after being recovered off the coast of Cape Cod NBC Boston · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Dennis Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Dennis — but the Massachusetts one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Massachusetts, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Dennis

• Scargo — american
• The Pheasant
• Cape Cod Creamery — ice cream (café)
• Encore Bistro & Bar
• Showtime Pizza — pizza

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Cape Cod Museum of Art · Museum
• Josiah Dennis Manse Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Dennis

• Chapin Beach Conservation Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chase Garden Creek · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chase Garden Creek Floodplain · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Conseration Land/Scargo Hill R · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Conservation Land/Madison Rd · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Conservation Land/New Boston R · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Conservation Land/Partridge Ln · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Conservation Land/So Yarmouth · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Flax Pond Conservation Land · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hall Site · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Howe Site · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Josiah Dennis Manse · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Dennis

🏘️ Nearby Communities